CSU Task Force 12: Expository Reading and Writing
The California State University
Task Force on Expository Reading and Writing
EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING COURSE
ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE
|READING RHETORICALLY |
|PREREADING |
|READING |
|POSTREADING |
|Prereading |
|Getting Ready to Read |
|Introducing Key Concepts |
|Surveying the Text |
|Making Predictions and Asking Questions |
|Introducing Key Vocabulary |
|English-Language Arts (ELA) |Getting Ready to Read |
|Standard: Writing Applications | |
|2.3 Write brief reflective | |
|compositions: | |
|a. Explore the significance of | |
|personal experiences, events, | |
|conditions, or concerns by using | |
|rhetorical strategies (e.g., | |
|narration, description, | |
|exposition, persuasion). | |
|ELA Standards: |Introducing Key Concepts |
|Word Analysis, Fluency, and | |
|Systematic Vocabulary Development| |
|1.0 Students apply their | |
|knowledge of word origins to | |
|determine the meaning of new | |
|words encountered in reading | |
|materials and use those words | |
|accurately. | |
|1.3 Discern the meaning of | |
|analogies encountered, analyzing | |
|specific comparisons as well as | |
|relationships and inferences. | |
|ELA Standard: Reading |Surveying the Text |
|Comprehension | |
|2.1 Analyze both the features and| |
|the rhetorical devices of | |
|different types of public | |
|documents (e.g., policy | |
|statements, speeches, debates, | |
|platforms) and the way in which | |
|authors use those features and | |
|devices. | |
|ELA Standards: Reading |Making Predictions and Asking Questions |
|Comprehension | |
|2.1 Analyze both the features and| |
|the rhetorical devices of | |
|different types of public | |
|documents (e.g., policy | |
|statements, speeches, debates, | |
|platforms) and the way in which | |
|authors use those features and | |
|devices. | |
|2.3 Verify and clarify facts | |
|presented in other types of | |
|expository texts by using a | |
|variety of consumer, workplace, | |
|and public documents. | |
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|ELA Standards: |Introducing Key Vocabulary |
|Word Analysis and Systematic | |
|Vocabulary | |
|Development | |
|1.0 Students apply their | |
|knowledge of word origins to | |
|determine the meaning of new | |
|words encountered in reading | |
|materials and use those words | |
|accurately. | |
|1.1 Trace the etymology of | |
|significant terms used in | |
|political science and history. | |
|1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek, | |
|Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and | |
|affixes to draw inferences | |
|concerning the meaning of | |
|scientific and mathematical | |
|terminology. | |
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|College Expectations: These | |
|activities are also designed to | |
|develop the kinds of vocabulary | |
|skills assessed by college | |
|placement exams such as the CSU | |
|English Placement Test and the UC| |
|Analytical Writing Placement | |
|Exam. Students should be able to | |
|Recognize word meanings in | |
|context. | |
|Respond to tone and connotation. | |
|Reading |
|First Reading |
|Looking Closely at Language |
|Rereading the Text |
|Analyzing Stylistic Choices |
|Considering the Structure of the Text |
|ELA Standards: Reading |First Reading |
|Comprehension | |
|2.1 Analyze both the features and| |
|the rhetorical devices of | |
|different types of public | |
|documents (e.g., policy | |
|statements, speeches, debates, | |
|platforms) and the way in which | |
|authors use those features and | |
|devices. | |
|2.2 Analyze the way in which | |
|clarity of meaning is affected by| |
|the patterns of organization, | |
|hierarchical structures, | |
|repetition of main ideas, syntax,| |
|and word choice in the text. | |
|ELA Standard: |Looking Closely at Language |
|Word Analysis, Fluency, and | |
|Systematic Vocabulary Development| |
|1.0 Students apply their | |
|knowledge of word origins to | |
|determine the meaning of new | |
|words encountered in reading | |
|materials and use those words | |
|accurately. | |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies|Rereading the Text |
|1.7 Use systematic strategies to | |
|organize and record information | |
|(e.g. anecdotal scripting, | |
|annotated bibliographies). | |
| | |
|ELA Standard: Reading | |
|Comprehension | |
|2.2 Analyze the way in which | |
|clarity of meaning is affected by| |
|the patterns of organization, | |
|hierarchical structures, | |
|repetition of main ideas, syntax,| |
|and word choice in the text. | |
|ELA Standard: Literary Response |Analyzing Stylistic Choices |
|and Analysis | |
|3.3 Analyze the ways in which | |
|irony, tone, mood, the author's | |
|style, and the “sound” of | |
|language achieve specific | |
|rhetorical or aesthetic purposes | |
|or both. | |
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|College Expectations: These | |
|activities are also designed to | |
|develop the kinds of close | |
|reading skills assessed by | |
|college placement exams such as | |
|the CSU English Placement Test | |
|and the UC Analytical Writing | |
|Placement Exam. | |
|Students should be able to | |
|Draw inferences and conclusions. | |
|Respond to tone and connotation. | |
|ELA Standards: Reading |Considering the Structure of the Text |
|Comprehension | |
|2.1 Analyze both the features and| |
|the rhetorical devices of | |
|different types of public | |
|documents (e.g., policy | |
|statements, speeches, debates, | |
|platforms) and the way in which | |
|authors use those features and | |
|devices. | |
|2.2 Analyze the way in which | |
|clarity of meaning is affected by| |
|the patterns of organization, | |
|hierarchical structures, | |
|repetition of main ideas, syntax,| |
|and word choice in the text. | |
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|Post-reading Activities |
|Summarizing and Responding |
|Thinking Critically |
|Prerequisite 7th Grade ELA |Summarizing and Responding |
|Standard: Writing Applications | |
|2.5 Write summaries of reading | |
|materials: | |
|a. Include the main ideas and | |
|most significant details. | |
|b. Use the student's own words, | |
|except for quotations. | |
|c. Reflect underlying meaning, | |
|not just the superficial details.| |
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|ELA Standard: Writing | |
|Applications | |
|2.2 Write responses to | |
|literature: | |
|a. Demonstrate a comprehensive | |
|understanding of the significant | |
|ideas in works or passages. | |
|ELA Standards: Reading |Thinking Critically |
|Comprehension | |
|2.4 Make warranted and reasonable| |
|assertions about the author’s | |
|arguments by using elements of | |
|the text to defend and clarify | |
|interpretations. | |
|2.5 Analyze an author’s implicit | |
|and explicit philosophical | |
|assumptions and beliefs about a | |
|subject. | |
|2.6 Critique the power, validity,| |
|and truthfulness of arguments set| |
|forth in public documents; their | |
|appeal to both friendly and | |
|hostile audiences; and the extent| |
|to which the arguments anticipate| |
|and address reader concerns and | |
|counterclaims (e.g., appeal to | |
|reason, to authority, to pathos | |
|and emotion). | |
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|College Expectations: These | |
|questions are also designed to | |
|develop the kinds of skills | |
|assessed by college placement | |
|exams such as the English | |
|Placement Test and the UC | |
|Analytical Writing Placement | |
|Exam. Students should be able to | |
|Identify important ideas. | |
|Understand direct statements. | |
|Draw inferences and conclusions. | |
|Detect underlying assumptions. | |
|Recognize word meanings in | |
|context. | |
|Respond to tone and connotation. | |
|CONNECTING READING TO WRITING |
|WRITING TO LEARN |
|USING THE WORDS OF OTHERS |
| |Writing to Learn |
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|Prerequisite 9th-10th Grade ELA |Using the Words of Others |
|Standard: Reading Comprehension | |
|2.4 Synthesize the content from | |
|several sources or works by a | |
|single author dealing with a | |
|single issue; paraphrase the | |
|ideas and connect them to other | |
|sources and related topics to | |
|demonstrate comprehension. | |
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|Prerequisite 9th-10th Grade ELA | |
|Standards: Writing Strategies | |
|1.5 Synthesize information from | |
|multiple sources and identify | |
|complexities and discrepancies in| |
|the information and the different| |
|perspectives found in each medium| |
|(e.g., almanacs, microfiches, | |
|news sources, in-depth field | |
|studies, speeches, journals, | |
|technical documents). | |
|1.6 Integrate quotations and | |
|citations into a written text | |
|while maintaining the flow of | |
|ideas. | |
|1.7 Use appropriate conventions | |
|for documentations in the text, | |
|notes, and bibliographies by | |
|adhering to those in style | |
|manuals (e.g., Modern Language | |
|Association Handbook, The Chicago| |
|Manual of Style). | |
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|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies | |
|1.7 Use systematic strategies to | |
|organize and record information | |
|(e.g., anecdotal scripting, | |
|annotated bibliographies). | |
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|WRITING RHETORICALLY |
|PREWRITING |
|WRITING |
|REVISING AND EDITING |
|EVALUATING AND RESPONDING |
|Prewriting |
|Reading the Assignment |
|Getting Ready to Write |
|Formulating a Working Thesis |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Reading the Assignment |
|1.1 Demonstrate an understanding | |
|of the elements of discourse | |
|(e.g., purpose, speaker, | |
|audience, form) when completing | |
|narrative, expository, | |
|persuasive, informational, or | |
|descriptive writing assignments. | |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Getting Ready to Write |
|1.0 Students write coherent and | |
|focused texts that convey a | |
|well-defined perspective and | |
|tightly reasoned argument. The | |
|writing demonstrates students’ | |
|awareness of the audience and | |
|purpose and progression through | |
|the stages of the writing | |
|process. | |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Formulating a Working Thesis |
|1.3 Structure ideas and arguments| |
|in a sustained, persuasive, and | |
|sophisticated way and support | |
|them with precise and relevant | |
|examples. | |
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|Writing |
|Composing a Draft |
|Organizing the Essay |
|Developing the Content |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Composing a Draft |
|1.3 Structure ideas and arguments| |
|in a sustained, persuasive, and | |
|sophisticated way and support | |
|them with precise and relevant | |
|examples. | |
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|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Organizing the Essay |
|1.3 Structure ideas and arguments| |
|in a sustained, persuasive, and | |
|sophisticated way and support | |
|them with precise and relevant | |
|examples. | |
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|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies |Developing the Content |
|1.1 Demonstrate an understanding | |
|of the elements of discourse | |
|(e.g., purpose, speaker, | |
|audience, form) when completing | |
|narrative, expository, | |
|persuasive, informational, or | |
|descriptive writing assignments. | |
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|Revising and Editing |
|Revising the Draft |
|Editing the Draft |
|Reflecting on the Writing |
|Prerequisite 9th and 10th Grade |Revising the Draft |
|ELA Standard: Writing Strategies | |
|1.9 Revise writing to improve the| |
|logic and coherence of the | |
|organization and controlling | |
|perspective, the precision of | |
|word choice, and the tone by | |
|taking into consideration the | |
|audience, purpose, and formality | |
|of the context. | |
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|ELA Standards: Writing Strategies| |
|1.4 Enhance meaning by employing | |
|rhetorical devices, including the| |
|extended use of parallelism, | |
|repetition, and analogy; the | |
|incorporation of visual aids | |
|(e.g. graphs, tables, pictures); | |
|and the issuance of a call for | |
|action. | |
|1.5 Use language in natural, | |
|fresh, and vivid ways to | |
|establish a specific tone. | |
|1.9 Revise text to highlight | |
|individual voice, improve | |
|sentence variety and style, and | |
|enhance subtlety of meaning and | |
|tone in ways that are consistent | |
|with the purpose, audience, and | |
|genre. | |
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|Prerequisite 9th and 10th Grade |Editing the Draft |
|ELA Standards: Written and Oral | |
|English Language Conventions | |
|1.1 Identify and correctly use | |
|clauses (e.g., main and | |
|subordinate), and phrases (e.g., | |
|gerund, infinitive, and | |
|participial), and mechanics of | |
|punctuation (e.g., semicolons, | |
|colons, ellipses, hyphens). | |
|1.2 Understand sentence | |
|construction (e.g., parallel | |
|structure, subordination, proper | |
|placement of modifiers) and | |
|proper English usage (e.g., | |
|consistency of verb tenses). | |
|1.3 Demonstrate an understanding | |
|of proper English usage and | |
|control of grammar, paragraph and| |
|sentence structure, diction, and | |
|syntax. | |
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|ELA Standards: Written and Oral | |
|English Language Conventions | |
|1.1 Demonstrate control of | |
|grammar, diction, and paragraph | |
|and sentence structure and an | |
|understanding of English usage. | |
|1.2 Produce legible work that | |
|shows accurate spelling and | |
|correct punctuation and | |
|capitalization. | |
|1.3 Reflect appropriate | |
|manuscript requirements in | |
|writing. | |
| |Reflecting on the Writing |
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|Evaluating and Responding |
|Grading Holistically |
|Responding to Student Writing |
|Using Portfolios |
| |Grading Holistically |
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| |Responding to Student Writing |
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| |Using Portfolios |
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